WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Sophomore Avery Eiswerth (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) led the Lycoming College softball team with three hits and a run in a doubleheader at Penn College, as the team fell in two one-run affairs, 1-0 and 3-2, on Tuesday, March 21, at Elm Park.
 
Senior Morgan Wetzel (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) homered to left field in the third inning of the second game, getting the Warriors on the board after Penn College took a 3-0 lead. Eiswerth singled down the left field line before first-year Hailiee Sobieski (Wharton, N.J./Morris Catholic) was able to send Eiswerth to second. First-year Megan Gorsuch (Littlestown, Pa./Littlestown) snagged a walk with junior Kylie Segraves (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) stepping up with the bases loaded. Segraves singled up the middle to drive in a run.
 
Junior Kylie Russell (Cogan Station, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) pitched six innings for the Warriors (6-4 overall), allowing three runs and eight hits, striking out six Wildcats (6-4 overall).
 
Kyla Benner and Johanna Devore allowed six hits and two runs for the Wildcats.
 
The Wildcats won the first game of the doubleheader, 1-0, as pitcher Mackenzie Weaver singled in Maddie Hurst in the first inning with the only run of the game.
 
Eiswerth led the Warriors with three hits in the first game. She singled to right field in at the top of the second, again in the fifth inning, and in the seventh, allowing sophomore Rachel Daub (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) to advance to second base.
 
Daub and first-year Claire Alexander (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport Area) all managed hits as well.
 
Senior pitcher Payton Whary (Coal Township, Pa./Shamokin Area) allowed one run and three hits, pitching six innings.
 
Weaver pitched all seven innings, allowing six hits and no runs. She struck out eight.
 
The Warriors return to the field on Saturday, March 25, when they host DeSales University in a MAC Freedom doubleheader at the Shangraw Athletic Complex beginning at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.